How to Use country mile in a Sentence

country mile

noun

• He lives a country mile from the nearest store.
• She beat the other swimmers by a country mile.
• Schaefer is the best defenseman in the draft class by a country mile.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
• Hands down, the best Chinese mutton soup around by a country mile!
  — Sebastian Modak, CNT, 19 Sep. 2017
• The biggest user of land, by a country mile, is cattle (with an assist from sheep and goats).
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• So number one, football is the biggest sport across all African markets by a country mile.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
• Rarely do any of the 17 performers wander within a country mile of the proper pitch.
  — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• The funniest person in the group was Rosie Schuster, by a country mile.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
• Having said that, although two players are clearly leading ahead of the others, one is country miles ahead of the other.
  — SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The hyperbole of Robinson hitting baseballs a country mile and stealing bases at the speed of light.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
• But don’t worry, the US is still winning by a country mile in terms of the number of uber-rich people who call it home.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
• These things cast a country mile, leave a wake of bubbles on the water, and can be especially fun to fish around structure on a moonlit night.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
• But this was McAtee’s best performance in a Forest shirt by a country mile.
  — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• This is just one of many, many reasons that Maryland Matt won’t come within a country mile of the Senate.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
• Nutribullet’s Ultra blender, the top pick by a country mile in our best smoothie blender testing, is 45% off.
  — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 July 2025
• Swift’s collaboration with folk duo the Civil Wars is her best soundtrack cut by a country mile.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
• With the most cap space in the league by a country mile, the pressure was extraordinary for the New England brass.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• Peaches, my favorite fruit by a backwoods country mile, seemed deeply Southern, or so this Yankee had always thought.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
• Nutribullet’s Ultra blender, the top pick by a country mile in our best smoothie blender testing, is currently 11% off.
  — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
• Best picture is the jewel in the crown of the night, and my favorite winner by a country mile is still La La Land Moonlight.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2023
• Pinocchio is typically the most obnoxious character by a country mile, but this film really hones in on how awful everyone else is to him.
  — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2022
• Needless to say, the music business was a country mile from that when Lavender Country started in 1971.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 11 June 2021
• Sir Keir has led by a country mile in every stage of the contest from nominations by MPs to support from trade unions and local constituencies.
  — The Economist, 4 Apr. 2020
• The Nutribullet Ultra blender, the top pick by a country mile in our best personal blender testing, is currently an eye-popping 50% off.
  — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
• But stubbornly clinging to a player who is taking up a roster spot and shouldn’t be allowed within a country mile of starting lineups can be the issue that turns an early-season hole into an inescapable chasm.
  — Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• Florida’s defense is just as good as Auburn’s — and Florida's offense is a country mile better than Auburn’s one-dimensional crapshoot.
  — Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2025
• Indiana Jones has appeared in a lot of games, most of which were a bit disappointing, to say the least, but if reviews are anything to go by, Indy's newest adventure clears the rest by a country mile.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
• At the same time, Japan managed a gain despite entering the official definition of recession on a GDP print that missed consensus by a country mile.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• This Editorial Board has interviewed several dozen candidates this election cycle and Van Der Mark was the least informed by a country mile.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
• Meanwhile, crosstown rival Amazon, the leading cloud-services company by a country mile, is evaluating how to take its viewing platform Twitch, a top destination for people who watch other people play games, to even greater heights.
  — By jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 19 July 2019